#CalloffDuty

Property Week’s Call Off Duty campaign to convince the government to revisit George Osborne’s damaging changes to stamp duty has got off to a flying start, with key figures in the industry pledging their support.

Hopes, if not expectations, were running high last week when the chancellor stood up at the despatch box in the House of Commons. Much of the property industry had been lobbying hard for Philip Hammond to reverse at least ...

Opinion

The government’s recently announced Accelerated Construction Scheme, which aims to speed up the delivery of new homes by underwriting construction risks, has been generally well received by the sector.